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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #660068

SUPPORT POSTS,CONSTRUCTION,PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,PAINTER

Event
SUPPORT POSTS,CONSTRUCTION,PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,PAINTER
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
660068
Report ID
111400

Event description

Painters seriously injured in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employees #1 and #2, painters, were on a pump jack scaffold that was 30 ft tall and had a 19 ft span between the poles. One of the scaffold poles snapped, causi ng the employees to fall to the ground. Both sustained serious injuries and were hospitalized.

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 19 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    20
    Event type
    5
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 59 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    14
    Event type
    5
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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